GoDaddy DNS Under Attack By Anonymous
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GoDaddy's DNS Servers Go Down, Take Thousands of Sites With It. This has so far affected me and at least two of my friends. The article ends with instructions on how to switch to a new registrar. :laugh: Another article claims this is affecting millions (not thousands).
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GoDaddy's DNS Servers Go Down, Take Thousands of Sites With It. This has so far affected me and at least two of my friends. The article ends with instructions on how to switch to a new registrar. :laugh: Another article claims this is affecting millions (not thousands).
Apparently it is not Anonymous the group, but just their security guru @AnonymousOwn3r[^] You can read his tweets https://twitter.com/AnonymousOwn3r[^]
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Apparently it is not Anonymous the group, but just their security guru @AnonymousOwn3r[^] You can read his tweets https://twitter.com/AnonymousOwn3r[^]
Dave Find Me On: Web|Facebook|Twitter|LinkedIn
Folding Stats: Team CodeProject
A few thoughts here. If he really is associated with Anonymous, he's done a great job of screwing their cause. The internet crazies are out in force (claiming it's really a government conspiracy). Why is his Twitter account still there? Why do people feel the need to give him the attention he craves by posting his Twitter account in there?
*pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington
"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos
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A few thoughts here. If he really is associated with Anonymous, he's done a great job of screwing their cause. The internet crazies are out in force (claiming it's really a government conspiracy). Why is his Twitter account still there? Why do people feel the need to give him the attention he craves by posting his Twitter account in there?
*pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington
"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier
It will be interesting to see what the motive behind the attack was and what he/she was trying to expose. Yes it hurts the customer, but if it exposes critical security issues surely that must carry a positive. If this is one individual I find it intriguing how he/she can so easily take down such a large player with apparent ease.
Dave Find Me On: Web|Facebook|Twitter|LinkedIn
Folding Stats: Team CodeProject
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It will be interesting to see what the motive behind the attack was and what he/she was trying to expose. Yes it hurts the customer, but if it exposes critical security issues surely that must carry a positive. If this is one individual I find it intriguing how he/she can so easily take down such a large player with apparent ease.
Dave Find Me On: Web|Facebook|Twitter|LinkedIn
Folding Stats: Team CodeProject
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but if it exposes critical security issues surely that must carry a positive
I don't get it... are you trying to justify this attack as being OK, or are you just being existential and try to find the positive in everything? There are responsible ways to disclose security vulnerabilities. There is no justification for the way in which this attack occurred.
DaveAuld wrote:
so easily take down such a large player with apparent ease.
My guess is social engineering rather than anything purely technical.
Be The Noise
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but if it exposes critical security issues surely that must carry a positive
I don't get it... are you trying to justify this attack as being OK, or are you just being existential and try to find the positive in everything? There are responsible ways to disclose security vulnerabilities. There is no justification for the way in which this attack occurred.
DaveAuld wrote:
so easily take down such a large player with apparent ease.
My guess is social engineering rather than anything purely technical.
Be The Noise
No I'm not try to justify it as being ok, or looking to find the positive in everything. Yes I am all for responsible disclosure. I'm only interested in the how it is performed. Maybe that is the engineer in me!
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Folding Stats: Team CodeProject
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GoDaddy's DNS Servers Go Down, Take Thousands of Sites With It. This has so far affected me and at least two of my friends. The article ends with instructions on how to switch to a new registrar. :laugh: Another article claims this is affecting millions (not thousands).
I just heard about it on the radio, So this is just for dns lookups hosted by GoDaddy? I use them for name registration. I wonder why, is it the hot sexy girls they use in there advertising. I don't have a problem with that. Maybe it's the automatic registration of domain names, when you say no I don't want to renew it, and they do it anyways. Well, I have the wacky weather here to worry about more, emergency alerts for rain, flash floods, wind and hail.
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GoDaddy's DNS Servers Go Down, Take Thousands of Sites With It. This has so far affected me and at least two of my friends. The article ends with instructions on how to switch to a new registrar. :laugh: Another article claims this is affecting millions (not thousands).